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foreign policy for years. the clinton administration decided not to intervene in the slaughter in rwanda in 1994, and it took officials six years to agree to lead the nato air war on kosovo in 1999. the u.s. reluctant persists 20 years on with the obama administration now criticized for not responding to the syrian regime's chemical weapons attack on citizens. the president's response. >> the united states is chastised for meddling in the region, accused of having a manned in all manner of conspiracy. stalt the united states is blamed for failing to do enough to solve the region's problems. >> can the us recover the will to intervene on humanitarian grounds overseas, known as the responsibility to protect norm? >> it's more war wariness. it's not related to the casualties as it is a perception we're not good at this and get much bohning for the buck. >> it's a conundrum of the highest order. rosalynn jordan, al jazeera, washington. >>> health workers in nigeria say their aggressive drive again hiv and aids has
foreign policy for years. the clinton administration decided not to intervene in the slaughter in rwanda in 1994, and it took officials six years to agree to lead the nato air war on kosovo in 1999. the u.s. reluctant persists 20 years on with the obama administration now criticized for not responding to the syrian regime's chemical weapons attack on citizens. the president's response. >> the united states is chastised for meddling in the region, accused of having a manned in all manner...
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first of that he has very definite foreign policy goals, one being iran, and the other being the israeli/palestinian conflict. he wants to sort those two things out if he possibly can before he leaves office. saying if you can sort those problems out you will get a firm foundation for peace going forward. and iran plays into so many of these things in the middle east where the u.s. is having difficulties, including the israelis and palestinians, because iran could use its influence with organizations like hamas, which is the fairly and freely elected guard, it can use its influence there to smooth negotiations there. >> john thanks so much for joining us this morning. and still to come on al jazeera, an egyptian doctor has offered his efforts to [ inaudible ]. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko hi, my name is jonathan betz, and i'm from dallas, texas, andx >>> and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford and here are your headlines. if you don't have health insurance and you need some, well, today is the day to start shopping. enrollment under the affordable
first of that he has very definite foreign policy goals, one being iran, and the other being the israeli/palestinian conflict. he wants to sort those two things out if he possibly can before he leaves office. saying if you can sort those problems out you will get a firm foundation for peace going forward. and iran plays into so many of these things in the middle east where the u.s. is having difficulties, including the israelis and palestinians, because iran could use its influence with...
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he appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says are his top two foreign policy priorities. >> a real break throughs on these two issues. iran's nuclear program and israeli palestinian piece would have a profound and positive impact on the entire middle east and africa. >> not talking about attacking but talking, putting a focus on diplomatic solution. but mr. netanyahu has made it clear what he wants. he literally drew a picture last year, he wants a red line drawn expect. >> the israelis are very fearful that obama will be almost taking off the table the possibility of a military strike. what the president wants from netanyahu is time, patience, let the palestinians try diplomatic approach. >> the blitz by iran's new president, haas ann rouhani consistently described as a moderate unlike his predecessor. >> of course they don't have ahmadinejad, who was the gift that kept on giving for chest thumpers around the world. the joke in teheran, i don't know if it was a joke, with the departure of ahmadinejad, the israelis lost their biggest supporters in iran. >> tough words from the pres
he appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says are his top two foreign policy priorities. >> a real break throughs on these two issues. iran's nuclear program and israeli palestinian piece would have a profound and positive impact on the entire middle east and africa. >> not talking about attacking but talking, putting a focus on diplomatic solution. but mr. netanyahu has made it clear what he wants. he literally drew a picture last year, he wants a red line drawn expect....
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he appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says are his top two foreign policy priorities. >> real break thrus throughs one two issues, the nuclear program and israel-palestinian peace would have a true impact on northern africa. >> putting the focus on a diplomatic solution. but in netanyahu makes it clear what he wants. he literally drew a picture at the u.n. last year, a red line, where bombing will occur sooner rather than later. >> almost taking off the table the possibility of a military strike. what the president from netanyahu is time, patience, see where the diplomatic approach goes and if all else fails, trust the united states to take care of it. >> the appearance of iranian president haas ann rouhani, described as a moderate, unlike his predecessor. >> they don't have ahmadinejad, the gift that keeps on giving for the chest thumpers around the world. the joke in teheran and i don't know if it's maybe not even a joke, that with the departure of ahmadinejad, the israelis lost their best agent in iran. >>> if president obama doesn't get his time line, the relationship migh
he appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says are his top two foreign policy priorities. >> real break thrus throughs one two issues, the nuclear program and israel-palestinian peace would have a true impact on northern africa. >> putting the focus on a diplomatic solution. but in netanyahu makes it clear what he wants. he literally drew a picture at the u.n. last year, a red line, where bombing will occur sooner rather than later. >> almost taking off the table the...
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here is what the "new york times" had to say about it, quote, for years now, foreign policy insiders have pointed to north korea as the ultimate nightmare. a closed, hostile and paranoid dictatorship with an aggressive nuclear weapon's program. very few could envision a successful outcome, and yet north korea agreed in principal to dismantel its nuclear weapon's program, abide by the safeguards and admit international inspectors. and finally, diplomacy, it seems, does work after all. ladies and gentlemen, a year later, north korea exploded its first nuclear weapons device. yet, as dangerous as a nuclear-armed north korea is, it pails in comparison to the danger of a nuclear-armed iran. a nuclear-armed iran would have a choke hold on the world's main energy supplies. it could trigger nuclear proliferation throughout the middle east, turning the most unstable part of the planet into a tender box. and would make the specter of nuclear terrorism a clear and present danger. a nuclear-armed iran in the middle east wouldn't be another north korea. it would be another 50 north koreas. i know
here is what the "new york times" had to say about it, quote, for years now, foreign policy insiders have pointed to north korea as the ultimate nightmare. a closed, hostile and paranoid dictatorship with an aggressive nuclear weapon's program. very few could envision a successful outcome, and yet north korea agreed in principal to dismantel its nuclear weapon's program, abide by the safeguards and admit international inspectors. and finally, diplomacy, it seems, does work after all....
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. >> the european unions foreign policy chief is in egypt pushing for reconciliation between the interim government and the muslim brotherhood. meeting as part of a three-day visit with cairo and will hold talks with the senior members of muslim brotherhood. they have been in deadlock since morsi was ousted in july. >>> they pant to transition to civilian rule. >> iran's parliament has endorsed its country's president's attempts of peace with the west. hassan rouhani received a phone call from president barack obama. and presiden prime minister isrr netanyahu described hassan rouhani as wolf in sheep's clothing. >>> in cambodia 30 people have died because of floods. we traveled to to the region and this is what she saw. >> if these areas were not flooded it would take a full 40 minutes to get there by car. but the area is flooded as far as the eye can see. these travelers had to take a two-hour boat ride to get here. they wanted to pay their respects to their ancestors. >> we're praying for the water to recede soon so our people can start to farm again. >> reporter: they say the village
. >> the european unions foreign policy chief is in egypt pushing for reconciliation between the interim government and the muslim brotherhood. meeting as part of a three-day visit with cairo and will hold talks with the senior members of muslim brotherhood. they have been in deadlock since morsi was ousted in july. >>> they pant to transition to civilian rule. >> iran's parliament has endorsed its country's president's attempts of peace with the west. hassan rouhani...
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the european union's foreign policy chief that met with egypt's foreign minister in cairo, the second trip to find a compromise between the interim government and the muslim brotherhood. egypt has been in grid lock since the president was ousted in july. a court in the capitol cairo passed a ruling over a week ago, ordering muslim brother hoods assets to be seized. in egypt, the transition to civilian rule is wanted to be sped up. he madid address to soldiers and policemen. >> u.s. president barack obama has canceled a trip to malaysia to sort out a government shut down which began on tuesday, the first in 17 years. some public services will close as politicians fail to agree to a new budget. employees have been forced to stay at home and might not be paid at all. we have more. >> they are no closer to resolving the crisis that has partially shutdown the u.s. government. politicians are refusing to negotiate. both parties traded jabs over who is to blame. >> my goodness, they won't even sit down and have a discussion about this. our country has big problems. today, our government has
the european union's foreign policy chief that met with egypt's foreign minister in cairo, the second trip to find a compromise between the interim government and the muslim brotherhood. egypt has been in grid lock since the president was ousted in july. a court in the capitol cairo passed a ruling over a week ago, ordering muslim brother hoods assets to be seized. in egypt, the transition to civilian rule is wanted to be sped up. he madid address to soldiers and policemen. >> u.s....
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kill our people. >> even sow mogadishu has haunted foreign policy for years. the clinton administration decided not to intervene in the slaughter of rwanda in 1994, and it took officials six years to agree to lead a war in kosovo in 1999. the u.s. reluctance persists 20 years on with the obama administration now criticized for not responding to the syrian regimes chemical weapons attack on its citizens. the president's respons respon >> the united states is chastised and at the same time its blamed for its problems. >> i think it's just more war weariness. it's not so much related to the casualties as it is a perception that we're not very good at this, we're not getting much bang for our buck. >> it's the conundrum of the first arrested as the order as e lives when they send in the troops. >> let's get to our top story now, that's in the washington, d.c. near the senate building and capitol building itself. we have new video we want to show you now. we have video at various times during the course of the day. but we haven't seen this video to this point. and
kill our people. >> even sow mogadishu has haunted foreign policy for years. the clinton administration decided not to intervene in the slaughter of rwanda in 1994, and it took officials six years to agree to lead a war in kosovo in 1999. the u.s. reluctance persists 20 years on with the obama administration now criticized for not responding to the syrian regimes chemical weapons attack on its citizens. the president's respons respon >> the united states is chastised and at the same...
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nations may have made it tougher and appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says are the top two foreign policy priorities. >> real breakthroughs on these two issues, iran's nuclear program and israeli palestinian peace would have a profound and positive impact on the entire middle east to north africa. >> reporter: on iran the president is not talking about attacking but talking and putting the focus on the diplomatic solution and he made it clear what he wants and literally drew everyone a picture at the u.n. last year and wants a red line drawn, a threat that the u.s. military will bomb nuclear facilities sooner rather than later. >> reporter: the israelis are fearful that president obama will go and taking off the table of a military strike and the president wants time and patience and let the americans pursue the diplomatic approach and if it fails to trust the united states to take care of it. >> reporter: it seems to have made that an easier sell, at least for the american people, as he is consistently described as a moderate unlike his predecessor. >> they don't have nashad and h
nations may have made it tougher and appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says are the top two foreign policy priorities. >> real breakthroughs on these two issues, iran's nuclear program and israeli palestinian peace would have a profound and positive impact on the entire middle east to north africa. >> reporter: on iran the president is not talking about attacking but talking and putting the focus on the diplomatic solution and he made it clear what he wants and literally...
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foreign policy for years. the clinton administration decided not to intervene in the slaughter in rwanda in 1994, and it took officials six years to agree to lead the nato air war on kosovo in 1999. the u.s. reluctance persisted 20 years on with the obama administration now criticized for not responding to the syrian regime's chemical weapons attack on its citizens. the president's response. >> the united states is chastised for meddling in the region accused of having a hand in conspiracy. at the same time, the united states is blamed for failing to do to solve the worl's problems. >> reporter: can we do humanitarian grounds overseas, the responsibility to protect norm. >> it's more war wariness. it's not so much related to the casualties as it is a perception we're not very good at this and getting bang for the buck. >> it's a conundrum of the first order when the u.s. sees trying to save lives as one of the best reasons to send in troops. >>> malaysia's parliament approved a controversial law that allows pe
foreign policy for years. the clinton administration decided not to intervene in the slaughter in rwanda in 1994, and it took officials six years to agree to lead the nato air war on kosovo in 1999. the u.s. reluctance persisted 20 years on with the obama administration now criticized for not responding to the syrian regime's chemical weapons attack on its citizens. the president's response. >> the united states is chastised for meddling in the region accused of having a hand in...
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he appears to be pressuring israel on his top two foreign policy priorities. >> real breakthroughs on these two issues, iran's nuclear program and dialy-palestinian peace would have a profound impact on the entire middle east and north africa. >> the president isn't talking about attacking, but talking, putting the focus on a diplomatic solution. mr. netanyahu literally drew everyone a picture at the u.n. last year. he wants a red line drawn, a convincing threat to the u.s. military will bomb iran's nuclear facilities. >> israelis are very fearful that he will almost taking off the table the threat of a military strike. if all else fails, trust the united states to take care of it. >> the media blitz by iran's new president rouhani seems to have made that an easier sell at least for the american people as he is consistently described as a moderate unlike his predecessor. >> they don't have ahmadinejad anymore, the gift that kept on giving for extreme -- for the iran haters and chest thumpers around the world. the joke in tehran and i don't know if it maybe is not even a joke is that w
he appears to be pressuring israel on his top two foreign policy priorities. >> real breakthroughs on these two issues, iran's nuclear program and dialy-palestinian peace would have a profound impact on the entire middle east and north africa. >> the president isn't talking about attacking, but talking, putting the focus on a diplomatic solution. mr. netanyahu literally drew everyone a picture at the u.n. last year. he wants a red line drawn, a convincing threat to the u.s. military...
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policy. he is in washington this morning. we certainly appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> what does a government shutdown do to the morale of the military? >> this is going to have a huge impact, not just on our uniformed active duty members. you have to think about what is called the total force, the national guard and reservists who are not going to be able to conduct their drills and get the work done. this is the tens of thousands of civilians, hundreds of thousands, actually, many of whom have been furloughed. they are home without pay. them not see a paycheck and right now will never see that money again. >> one example we have of the fallout from the shutdown, 350 full time soldiers and airmen of the delaware national guard were sent home without pay yesterday. do you think we'll see more of that? >> i think it's likely coming. that was only the first story coming out of delaware, but there's also a message that went out today to navy reservists across the country that t
policy. he is in washington this morning. we certainly appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> what does a government shutdown do to the morale of the military? >> this is going to have a huge impact, not just on our uniformed active duty members. you have to think about what is called the total force, the national guard and reservists who are not going to be able to conduct their drills and get the work done. this is the tens of thousands of civilians, hundreds of...
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and the change of policy allowing cubans to play for foreign teams is seen as an attempt to change that. >> this is ultimately about an effort of the cuban political elite to reinvigorate the country and reinvent themselves as an open, confident, socialist country. >> in cuba professional athletes who earned around $40 a month will see wages rise considerably. top baseball players could earn over $2-00 a month. it's no match for what athletes can earn in the u.s. sports lawyer aaron resnick said current laws don't allow anyone to do business with cuba, making the new policy unclear. >> we don't know what it means. does the cuban government own the ath leet? does the ath leet own himself, is doing business with an agent from cuba or the government mean you are violating the laws of the united states. >> uncertainty remains over what may be an empty political gesture. >> over the years the cuban government denounced the theft of talented athletes that play in the u.s. cuban citizens can travel more freely, send money home and start businesses. the latest moves comes with tricky and politi
and the change of policy allowing cubans to play for foreign teams is seen as an attempt to change that. >> this is ultimately about an effort of the cuban political elite to reinvigorate the country and reinvent themselves as an open, confident, socialist country. >> in cuba professional athletes who earned around $40 a month will see wages rise considerably. top baseball players could earn over $2-00 a month. it's no match for what athletes can earn in the u.s. sports lawyer aaron...
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within the 29 kilometers there is less state control over policies, like interest rates and foreign investment. and import and export duties have been removed. even reports that foreign mobile service companies could come in for the first time creating competition for china's telecom giants. in 1990 they looked to shanghai to usher china in to a new economic era. and it worked across the river there 30 years ago that used to be farm land with the new free trade shown the current premier is hoping shanghai will lead china again in to economic change. but some thing the premier's program won't impact china's economy that much. >> the premier has pushed very hard for this free trade zone. it's to show his resolution of the economic reform. it's more symbolic than concrete policies, he wants to cop it's experience from hong kong but in a limited way. it's not a free trait poured or even a complete free trade zone. >> reporter: lee hopes that the project will help the overall growth in china's economy, some feel that veers off but it has already boosted the local economy inside the zone. >> my comp
within the 29 kilometers there is less state control over policies, like interest rates and foreign investment. and import and export duties have been removed. even reports that foreign mobile service companies could come in for the first time creating competition for china's telecom giants. in 1990 they looked to shanghai to usher china in to a new economic era. and it worked across the river there 30 years ago that used to be farm land with the new free trade shown the current premier is...
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and the change of policy allowing cubans to play for foreign teams is being seen as an attempt to change that. >> this is about an effort of the cuban political need to r reinvision rate the country and reinvent themselves as an open, confident communist country. >> they will see their wages rise considerably. top baseball players on the island could earn $200 a month. not a match what they could earn in the u.s. but current laws do not allow anyone to do business with cuba, making the new policy unclear at best. >> we don't know what this means. does the cuban government own the athlete? does the athlete own himself? is doing business with an agent from cuba mean that you're violating the current laws of the united states? >> uncertainty remains of what may end up a political gesture. over the years the cuban government denounced what it calls the theft of talented athletes who end up playing in the u.s. but cuban citizens can now travel more freely, send money home and starred their own business. until it's clear whether the policy can or whether work, relations with cuban and u.s. rem
and the change of policy allowing cubans to play for foreign teams is being seen as an attempt to change that. >> this is about an effort of the cuban political need to r reinvision rate the country and reinvent themselves as an open, confident communist country. >> they will see their wages rise considerably. top baseball players on the island could earn $200 a month. not a match what they could earn in the u.s. but current laws do not allow anyone to do business with cuba, making...
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within the 29km there is less state control over policies, like interest rates and foreign investment. import and export duties have been removed. foreign companies could come in creating competition for telecom gints. >> they looked to shanghai to usher china into a new economic era. across the river that used to be farm land. the current premier is hoping shanghai will lead china into economic change. something from the program will not impact china's economy that much. >> translation: the premier pushed very hard for this free trade zone. it's to show his resolution of the economic reform. it's more symbolic than concrete. he wants to copy the experience from hong kong in a limited way. it's not a real free trade or a complete free trade zone. >> it's hoped that the project will help the growth in china's economy. some feel it is years off. it boosted the local economy inside the zone. >> translation: my company benefitted a lot from it. sales are twice as much compared to the last month. if you want to sell property, someone will buy it without hesitation. >> what most economists
within the 29km there is less state control over policies, like interest rates and foreign investment. import and export duties have been removed. foreign companies could come in creating competition for telecom gints. >> they looked to shanghai to usher china into a new economic era. across the river that used to be farm land. the current premier is hoping shanghai will lead china into economic change. something from the program will not impact china's economy that much. >>...
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., and the change of policy allowing cubans to play for foreign teams is seen as an attempt to change that. >> this is ultimately about an effort of the cuban political elite to reinvigorate the company and reinvent themselves. >> in cuba professional athletes earning around $40 will see wages rise considerably. top baseball players could earn over $200 a month. it's no match for what athletes can earn in the u.s. sports lawyer aaron resnick said current u.s. laws do not allow anyone to do business with cuba, making new policies unclear. >> we don't know what this means. does the cuban government own the athlete? does the athlete own himself? is doing business with an agent from kooub ycuba anything? >> over the years the cuban government denounced the theft of talented athletes who played in the u.s. of late relations appear to have thawed. citizens can travel freely, send money home and start their own businesses. the latest move comes with tricky caveats. until it's clear that the policy will work, relations remain frayed at best. >> the philippines military says a 3-week standoff
., and the change of policy allowing cubans to play for foreign teams is seen as an attempt to change that. >> this is ultimately about an effort of the cuban political elite to reinvigorate the company and reinvent themselves. >> in cuba professional athletes earning around $40 will see wages rise considerably. top baseball players could earn over $200 a month. it's no match for what athletes can earn in the u.s. sports lawyer aaron resnick said current u.s. laws do not allow...
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he deeffec defected to the u.s.e change of policy allows cubans to play for foreign teams is an attempt to change that. >> this is ultimately about the effort of the cuban political lead to reinvigorate the country and reinvent themselves as an open, more confident socialist country. >> reporter: in cuba professional athletes that earned $40 a month see their wages rise considerably. top baseball players on the island could earn over $200 a month. it's still no match for what athletes can earn in the u.s., but sports lawyer aaron resnik says current u.s. laws don't allow anyone to do business with cuba, make the new policy unclear at best. >> we don't know yet what this means. does the cuban government own the athlete? does the athlete own himself? is doing business with an agent from cuba or the cuban government mean that you're violating the current laws of the united states? >> reporter: uncertainty remains over what may be an employment political gesture. whatever happens, cuban athletes that play here will always be admires. over the years they tee nounced the talented athletes tha
he deeffec defected to the u.s.e change of policy allows cubans to play for foreign teams is an attempt to change that. >> this is ultimately about the effort of the cuban political lead to reinvigorate the country and reinvent themselves as an open, more confident socialist country. >> reporter: in cuba professional athletes that earned $40 a month see their wages rise considerably. top baseball players on the island could earn over $200 a month. it's still no match for what...
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[speaking foreign language] she is not a member of the communist party. but she is a supporter of government policies. particularly economic policies inspired by the west. the communist party calls it socialism with chinese characteristics and is trying to combine socialism with the economy. >> i think it's quite compatible. we are pursuing a strategy of promoting socialist market markt economy. it boils down to an issue of how to strike a balance between fairness, social justice and market competition to achieve the best result. that is the direction in which we are moving. >> but this balance between social justice on one hand and a market economy on the other is hard to achieve. this is made a parent by the a t by the mass demonstrations taking place throughout china every year. professor wong wee is a well known representative of a group of marxists. one of a ininfluential group in china. they are called "the new left". because of these developments the social clash and the conflicts are even more sometimes intensified. these two faces will be the fea
[speaking foreign language] she is not a member of the communist party. but she is a supporter of government policies. particularly economic policies inspired by the west. the communist party calls it socialism with chinese characteristics and is trying to combine socialism with the economy. >> i think it's quite compatible. we are pursuing a strategy of promoting socialist market markt economy. it boils down to an issue of how to strike a balance between fairness, social justice and...
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certain aspects of american foreign policy. so one of the things we keep out a little bit is the relationship tween entertainment, pop culture, mass culture and foreign policy and for some people that may seem kind of odd. there is the iconic photographs of alves in berlin during the cold war. willis conover who shows brag as with america, a chess program in the soviet union and as we speak today, dennis rodman in korea trying to win the release of some american missionaries. so it's really interesting how you get this intersection of foreign policy and entertainment and celebrities. that attack here in the first world war, the government completely embraces american mass entertainment, especially its techniques of getting the word out about the american if of world war i. so there's this very interesting government organization set up called committee on public information. george creel calls it in his basically functions, propaganda with the u.s. government, not just putting messages out about what the world sees about americ
certain aspects of american foreign policy. so one of the things we keep out a little bit is the relationship tween entertainment, pop culture, mass culture and foreign policy and for some people that may seem kind of odd. there is the iconic photographs of alves in berlin during the cold war. willis conover who shows brag as with america, a chess program in the soviet union and as we speak today, dennis rodman in korea trying to win the release of some american missionaries. so it's really...
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foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the what united states there's less than a national order so the united states has a responsibility and has a role to play internationally well a lot of people would say we've got a rodney is that the united states makes the world unstable in its unilateral actions around the world just the opposite. well we're only about two weeks ago from the american attempt to set off a third world war fortunately there was a bit of backbone coming from russia could i go into the mystic situation leaves are going to say go ahead that the the two unemployment is twenty three percent that's john williams shadows that's and it's double that for young people there's fifty million pe
foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the what united states there's less than a national order so the united...
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foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the what united states there's less than a national order so the united states has a responsibility and has a role to play internationally well a lot of people would say we've got a rodney is that the united states makes the world unstable in its unilateral actions around the world just the opposite. well we're only about two weeks ago from the american attempt to set off a third world war fortunately there was a bit of backbone coming from russia could i go into the mystic situation is going to say go ahead that that the two unemployment is twenty three percent that's john williams shadows that's and it's double that for young people there's fifty million people on
foreign policy in suggests that it looks at all like like subtle roads i think that last week i was in new york at the u.n. general assembly and a lot of people talked about the bush administration's overreach but now they're talking about the under reach from the obama administration and friend or foe they were looking for the united states to play a larger role why because minus united states there is less stability minus the what united states there's less than a national order so the united...
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policy and israeli foreign policy when it comes to iran grant well look the cat's out of the bag i mean the united states has not only failed to enforce the nuclear nonproliferation treaty it's allowed israel to obtain know how material financial support from various so-called charities in the united states to build the deadliest arsenal in the entire region and of course the answer to bruce's question is why the on even added this well israel wants to have a concert in their region no country that is effectively able to deter their nuclear weapons capability i would argue that the united states by not enforcing the atomic energy act and by allowing all of this technology flow to continue is really complicit in undermining the nuclear nonproliferation treaty which is probably one of the most important treaties ever pacts and that's you know again getting back to this exceptionalism where israel and the united states in this case claim that they're really not subject to any of these rules that's true bruce you want to reply to that go ahead but a grant i think that's a cornerstone that's
policy and israeli foreign policy when it comes to iran grant well look the cat's out of the bag i mean the united states has not only failed to enforce the nuclear nonproliferation treaty it's allowed israel to obtain know how material financial support from various so-called charities in the united states to build the deadliest arsenal in the entire region and of course the answer to bruce's question is why the on even added this well israel wants to have a concert in their region no country...
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foreign policy is actually one point five million if you add those killed from operation desert storm followed by years of u.s. sanctions comes the current snows the four point six million matches that this from the gas chambers call in a rush for foreign policy in focus he joins us congress see how do we explain all this american exceptionalism america to better than everybody else american democracy is better than any other democracy even though we have one of the lowest voting rates in the world for a major developed country. also what lounge so much. and it's all live in the west leading all sorts the on the afghan war he lived during the 1980's with the mujahideen and has met with northern alliance taliban and key u.s. general since in his latest book pakistan the hard country he speaks to the people in the region critical to this war for us live and thanks very much for joining us did you get the impression us least don't care about casualties. in iraq. which really gives the impression. you know. it would. be a whistleblower sibel edmonds has claimed a more sinister financial i
foreign policy is actually one point five million if you add those killed from operation desert storm followed by years of u.s. sanctions comes the current snows the four point six million matches that this from the gas chambers call in a rush for foreign policy in focus he joins us congress see how do we explain all this american exceptionalism america to better than everybody else american democracy is better than any other democracy even though we have one of the lowest voting rates in the...
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he gets negative ratings on the foreign policy and the american people are sick and tired. the only thing is a republican party that is committing harry kerry and doing what the people don't want which is ultimately being responsible for shutting the government down do -- over an admittedly unpopular obamacare. >> republicans always get the blame and in fact they are already getting the blame. cbs new york times, who is more to blame if the government shuts down? republicans in congress, 44%. president and democrats, 36%. the 16% both equally is an important piece of data. >> what we have is a country that is condemning them all. they have merit to condemn them all. we add -- we admitted that the fall back position would have drawn and the bill by the senate to deal with the issue of the congress exempting themselves. the house didn't even put it in. you know why? they are all in on this. the american people going american people are screwing up. >> i think they have the leadership. >> let me talk about the strategy as a two-fold strategy. to fund the unpopular -- >> let's
he gets negative ratings on the foreign policy and the american people are sick and tired. the only thing is a republican party that is committing harry kerry and doing what the people don't want which is ultimately being responsible for shutting the government down do -- over an admittedly unpopular obamacare. >> republicans always get the blame and in fact they are already getting the blame. cbs new york times, who is more to blame if the government shuts down? republicans in congress,...
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it may be the most important foreign-policy speech ever given. our foreign policy to this day, to this week, to president obama talking a week ago about our role in syria are not powerful in syria, whether there should be a moral component to american foreign policy. all of this stuff, all of these questions. is america the policeman of the world? that all goes back as indeed does every major policy decision come is certainly one involving an american incursion i'll spare in the world all goes back to one line, the world must be made safe for democracy. .. >> we're going to war.ly w we, a country with an army theek size of that of portugal, was now going to send two million men overseas. and i'm not talking aboutm n crossing the pond here, we're talking about the atlantic ocean. w and, indeed, america went to war. and as a result of that war, america emerged as the first great modern superpower. indeed, a genuine military industrial complex for the first time.the wilson's main reason -- there are all sorts of things, and a there are chapters in t
it may be the most important foreign-policy speech ever given. our foreign policy to this day, to this week, to president obama talking a week ago about our role in syria are not powerful in syria, whether there should be a moral component to american foreign policy. all of this stuff, all of these questions. is america the policeman of the world? that all goes back as indeed does every major policy decision come is certainly one involving an american incursion i'll spare in the world all goes...
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li made little reference to foreign policy, but he said china will continue the path of peaceful development. >>> a senior chinese diplomat is dismissing the possibility of a one-on-one meeting between the leaders of china and japan. president joining ping and prime minister shinzo abe will both be attending the upcoming apec summit in bali. the vice foreign minister says the government is arranging for a meeting individually with other leaders, but he says prime minister abe isn't on the list. lee argued japanese leaders have taken no meaningful actions to improve conditions. lee stressed that china's pre-condition for a summit is for japan to acknowledge that a territorial issue exists over islands in the waters between the countries. japan controls the seeing cue islands in the east china sea. china and taiwan both claim them. the japanese government maintains no such issue exists and says the islands are an inherent part of its territory in terms of history and international law. president xi and prime minister abe briefly exchanged words in september at the g-20 summit in russia. it was
li made little reference to foreign policy, but he said china will continue the path of peaceful development. >>> a senior chinese diplomat is dismissing the possibility of a one-on-one meeting between the leaders of china and japan. president joining ping and prime minister shinzo abe will both be attending the upcoming apec summit in bali. the vice foreign minister says the government is arranging for a meeting individually with other leaders, but he says prime minister abe isn't on...
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iran says the president would be willing to cooperate on a range of foreign policy issues including syria. question, was new ground broken this week between the united states and iran? >> yeah, it certainly was. we have in this fellow tough, intelligent, grainy and diplomat, a hardliner, someone who has been given the franchise to negotiate with the morning, to get rid of the sanctions on iran because they are hurting badly. and i believe that this fellow is basically committed to do that and get that accomplished. he knows what the americans will want. and there's a real possibility we could have a deal with this fella. frank through opposition to this, him and obama doing this comes from israel and the war party in the united states, washington post, wall street journal and all of those who don't want it between the united states and iran. >> what's this? >> lindsay graham has alled for authorizing war on iran right now -- >> what's that got to do with mccain? >> he and mccain are like one. he wants to attack not simply the nuclear facilities but the whole defense establishment. >> he c
iran says the president would be willing to cooperate on a range of foreign policy issues including syria. question, was new ground broken this week between the united states and iran? >> yeah, it certainly was. we have in this fellow tough, intelligent, grainy and diplomat, a hardliner, someone who has been given the franchise to negotiate with the morning, to get rid of the sanctions on iran because they are hurting badly. and i believe that this fellow is basically committed to do that...
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policy. thanks for joining us here on our. mission to teach me. to see. her street. and i would think. if you were playing around on facebook or the n.s.a. may be spying on you those details in just a minute here on our team as we come to you live from moscow. the israeli prime minister is in america with a mission to persuade obama not to trust iran on a meeting with the president netanyahu urged him not to lift the crippling sanctions against the country at least not prematurely his visit is spurred on by the foreign relations between washington and tehran as the leaders of both nations made their first steps to long awaited talks on a possible nuclear settlement a marina portnoy details from her. he will be the last speaker wrapping up the united nations general assembly debate but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will likely not offer the same harmonious tone heard last week from iran this president who is expected to argue that israel and the world at large should continue to be
policy. thanks for joining us here on our. mission to teach me. to see. her street. and i would think. if you were playing around on facebook or the n.s.a. may be spying on you those details in just a minute here on our team as we come to you live from moscow. the israeli prime minister is in america with a mission to persuade obama not to trust iran on a meeting with the president netanyahu urged him not to lift the crippling sanctions against the country at least not prematurely his visit is...
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policy should also be considered here. britain does exploit the issue of human rights terribly in its relationship with russia there was an occasion a few months ago where a recommendation was made to limit the abuses committed by journalists and william hague the foreign secretary said that these measures should not be introduced in britain because then britain would not be able to castigate russia over its own allegedly of freedom in the media so there's no consistency and it shows how human rights have become a critical mechanism for attacking russia and a hypocritical instrument in foreign policy voters flocked to the right wing in austria's parliamentary election but the centrist coalition gathers just enough support to squeeze back into power by the narrowest of margins that coming up a little later this hour along with other stories. be elusive search for justice should individuals including government officials be legally held to account for starting aggressive force like in iraq is it fair in moral to the bush era
policy should also be considered here. britain does exploit the issue of human rights terribly in its relationship with russia there was an occasion a few months ago where a recommendation was made to limit the abuses committed by journalists and william hague the foreign secretary said that these measures should not be introduced in britain because then britain would not be able to castigate russia over its own allegedly of freedom in the media so there's no consistency and it shows how human...
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very proudly, who ran an entire foreign policy campaign about choosing diplomacy over war. a man who has president, has been drawn to a close, but also expanding our military activities in a variety of countries through counterterrorism and drones and special forces. today, i saw that candidate of 2008. >> our iran policy is a complete failure right now and that's the policy that john mccain is running on. he has nothing to offer except the naive and irresponsible belief that tough talk from washington will somehow cause iran to give up its nuclear program in support for terrorism. i believe we need to use all elements of american power to pressure iran, including tough, principled and direct diplomacy. what's that john f. kennedy did. what ronald reagan did when dealing with the soviets. >> today, talked to iran. according to a senior administration official, president rouhani wanted to speak to the president on the phone. this after he reportedly turned down a meeting with the president earlier this week. today at approximately 2:30 p.m., the two leaders engaged in a phon
very proudly, who ran an entire foreign policy campaign about choosing diplomacy over war. a man who has president, has been drawn to a close, but also expanding our military activities in a variety of countries through counterterrorism and drones and special forces. today, i saw that candidate of 2008. >> our iran policy is a complete failure right now and that's the policy that john mccain is running on. he has nothing to offer except the naive and irresponsible belief that tough talk...
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iran says president rouhani would be willing to cooperate on a range of foreign policy issues including syria. question, was new ground broken at the u.n. this week between the united states and iran? pat buchanan? >> yes, it certainly was. with this fellow, rouhani, tough, intelligence, iranian diplomat, a hardliner, but someone who has been given the franchise to negotiate with the americans to get rid of the sanctions on iran because those are really hurting badly. i believe that this fellow rouhani is basically committed to do that and get that accomplished. he knows what the americans are going to demand and what they're going to want. there's a real possibility we could have a deal with this fellow. frankly the opposition to this, him and obama comes from israel, comes from the war party in the united states, the mechanics, washington post, wall street journal, and all of those who don't want the talk between united states and iran. >> what about that? >> lindsay graham has called for authorizing war on iran right now. >> what does it have to do with him and mccann? >> he wants to
iran says president rouhani would be willing to cooperate on a range of foreign policy issues including syria. question, was new ground broken at the u.n. this week between the united states and iran? pat buchanan? >> yes, it certainly was. with this fellow, rouhani, tough, intelligence, iranian diplomat, a hardliner, but someone who has been given the franchise to negotiate with the americans to get rid of the sanctions on iran because those are really hurting badly. i believe that this...
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i think he had to worry a lot in 2012 about netanyahu an his views about foreign policy. now there is more of an opening. netanyahu has tended to be blunt in public. a couple of years ago he sharply scolded the president in public and you might see some of that today still. >> that's a question that i have, susan. he's also in a different place politically, benjamin netanyahu. he won in a very different way than he won before. there is a moderate faction inside of israel that is sort of tired of the brinksmanship when it comes to some of these issues. >> that's true, although there's a united attitude in israel about the dangers of iran. what i expect him to talk about publicly and privately is the arrest that the israelis made of an iranian spy caught taking photos of the u.s. embassy in tel aviv. that is a reminder that we continue to be in a difficult situation despite the olive branch. >> it is. i want to go back to the shutdown because that's going to dominate the day, jackie. the fact that it comes at the same time that basically the biggest part of the health care
i think he had to worry a lot in 2012 about netanyahu an his views about foreign policy. now there is more of an opening. netanyahu has tended to be blunt in public. a couple of years ago he sharply scolded the president in public and you might see some of that today still. >> that's a question that i have, susan. he's also in a different place politically, benjamin netanyahu. he won in a very different way than he won before. there is a moderate faction inside of israel that is sort of...
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policy of the u k. but it does exploiting the issue of human rights terribly in its relationships with russia it was an occasion a few months ago where a recommendation was made to limit the abuses committed by journalists. and william hague the foreign secretary said that these measures should not be introduced in britain because then britain would not be able to castigate russia over its own allegedly of freedom in the media so there's no consistency and it shows how human rights have become a critical mechanism for attacking russia and a hypocritical instrument in foreign policy or i still to come for you this hour here on r.t. leaving the drug disaster behind as nato troops prepare to bid farewell to afghanistan we look at how the drug industry and gulf the country during their stay with afghan made heroin spreading across the world. and refreezing but for israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on a visit to america trying to persuade the u.s. president not to get too friendly with iran that'
policy of the u k. but it does exploiting the issue of human rights terribly in its relationships with russia it was an occasion a few months ago where a recommendation was made to limit the abuses committed by journalists. and william hague the foreign secretary said that these measures should not be introduced in britain because then britain would not be able to castigate russia over its own allegedly of freedom in the media so there's no consistency and it shows how human rights have become...
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policy. voters fell to the right wing in parliamentary election but the centrist coalition gathers just enough support to squeeze back into power by the narrowest of margins that and other stories coming your way after this break. the. lead. he continues here in the central coalition looks to have scraped back into power in sunday's parliamentary election in austria that right wing parties had a field day scooping up a quarter of the overall vote and as peter all of the reports from vienna it's part of a strong movement towards the rights that is sweeping europe. it looks likely that the coalition of the social democrats and the people's party will continue to rule here in austria however the most interesting thing to come out of sunday's vote was the rise in popularity of the far right freedom party they come paying the saying that they wanted to see an end to bailouts of failing economies in europe using austrian taxpayers' money also they wanted to see a restructuring or even a and a but g
policy. voters fell to the right wing in parliamentary election but the centrist coalition gathers just enough support to squeeze back into power by the narrowest of margins that and other stories coming your way after this break. the. lead. he continues here in the central coalition looks to have scraped back into power in sunday's parliamentary election in austria that right wing parties had a field day scooping up a quarter of the overall vote and as peter all of the reports from vienna it's...